Word: account
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very soon. In preparing for the coming game with Virginia Polytechnic Institute next Friday, there are only two changes contemplated: C. Taft will probably be moved from centre to tackle and J. Callahan who began a month ago as centre but was forced to stop for a while on account of an injury, will take centre again. Not much is known of the Virginia Polytechnic team, but a rather easy game is expected...
There must be distinct gratification for all the Harvard Clubs of the country in the report, lately issued by the University, that the men whom these clubs send to College on special scholarship funds are on the whole giving and excellent account of themselves. Elsewhere we have had something to say of the fallacy of imagining that high grades achieved in college are always a sure measure of students capabilities. Yet nothing argued on this score can go to defeat the practical truth that men who achieve fairly good rating in college are so acquiring about the most tangible evidence...
...Hugh Cabot '94, in charge of the Fourth Contingent of the Harvard Unit, which has just completed a service of three months in charge of a semi-base hospital "somewhere in France," has written a brief account of the work, parts of which are printed below...
...Hampden, characterizing John Rawson, a wealthy Western mine owner, gains in effectiveness as the action progresses, and despite the quite improbable plot in which the author has placed him, makes very creditable account of himself. But light roles do not seem to fit him as well as those more serious ones which he has heretofore taken...
...innovation at the University of Pennsylvania Scientific School is the institution of the "Rogues' Gallery." Previous to registering, a student is required to have his photograph taken. By obtaining the pictures of the men and keeping them on file, a more accurate account of the students will be possible. As a precaution, the photographers have promised not to use any of the photographs as clothes advertisements...